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Country Zest & Style Winter 2022 Edition
ALL IN THE (MacMahon) FAMILY
Brian Daniel MacMahon
Photo © by Vicky Moon
Brian Daniel MacMahon is keeping it all in
the family. Let’s begin with his name. Brian is his fraternal grandfather’s middle name and Daniel is his maternal grandfather’s middle name. And then there’s the last name, MacMahon, part of the Sheridan MacMahon real estate business founded in1980 by his grandmother, Ann MacMahon.
“My grandmother took on real estate as a second career while raising a family, relocated to a new area and grew a very successful business that continues to grow today,” he recalled.
Brian, 33, was born and raised in the area. He went to Hill School and then to high school at Notre Dame Academy (later renamed Middleburg Academy). “I received a lacrosse scholarship to St Leo University in Florida where I played for a year before transferring to Mary Washington, where I continued to play lacrosse and majored in business administration.”
He recently returned to Loudoun County after spending a decade in Arlington. He and his wife, Maura Hughes, moved to the country because “it’s a return home,” he noted. “I really missed my family and the lifestyle that Middleburg provides. I had been working for a large real estate firm and made the decision to come work for my family business.”
He’s now a broker and works alongside his grandmother, his father Paul MacMahon, Aunt
Helen MacMahon and others. What does he like best about Middleburg? “The history, open space and community feel.” And, he thinks Middleburg in 20 years “will be a more modern version of what it is now. There will be changes but I’m hopeful that it will maintain its values and principals.”
Brian’s biggest concern for Middleburg is “smart growth. Loudoun County is rapidly growing and there’s been and will be changes, but I think that it’s important growth does not ruin the charm and character of the town.”
Brian remains a great supporter of The Hill School “I think they’re an important part of the town and appreciate what I learned while I attended there.”
His mother, Marion MacMahon, had horses and ponies but rode very little. They did have “just about every farm animal imaginable.” She still raises goats. Marion also serves as the vice-president of Seven Loaves in Middleburg and Brian helps whenever possible. “They do a ton for food insecurity throughout the area which has been increasingly prominent since the start of Covid.”
Identified by friends and co-workers as hardworking, dependable, low key and honest to a fault, Brian has been working with several buyers. The firm’s current listings include Rutledge Farm, All’s Well Farm, 50 West Winery, and Halfway Farm.
